Letterbook

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Stephen Bayard discusses army accounts with Joseph Howell
01/15/1788 Letterbook
Stephen Bayard discusses settlement of his recruiting account with Joseph Howell.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Settlement of account
05/30/1788 Letterbook
Discussion of account of Burrall of New York.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Samuel Miles discusses army accounts with Joseph Howell
01/04/1788 Letterbook
Samuel Mills requests that Joseph Howell provide him with confirmation that prisoners were paid and promoted while in captivity.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Sale of Barracks on Constitution Island, Returns of Stores
04/10/1788 Letterbook
Price received Knox's letter regarding the buildings on Constitution Island. Price inspected the barracks and agreed to sell four-fifths of it to Mr. Salman, but has not yet allowed him to remove the …
Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790.
Returns of Ordnance and Quartermaster Stores
03/03/1788 Letterbook
Price forwards by stage the returns of ordnance and quartermaster stores for February.
Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790.
Resignation of Captain Gibbon
02/20/1788 Letterbook
Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts regarding the resignation of Captain Gibbon.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Request for Settlement Denied, Papers Returned
10/20/1788 Letterbook
Examined several returns of the Virginia line, none mentioned Dr. Brownley. Records also show he never applied to Dunscomb for settlement of his accounts. Act of Congress forbids retroactive …
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Regarding the Forwarding of Stores, Equipment Alterations & Powder Cask Contract
06/26/1788 Letterbook
Reports forwarding of stores for New Jersey recruits and for Fourth of July celebration. Discusses alteration of bayonet belts and powder cask contract.
Letterbook No. 1, West Point 1784-1786.
Reams of Musket Cartridge Paper
11/02/1788 Letterbook
Agreeable to Knox's order by Lieutenant Pratt regarding musket cartridge paper, Price has delivered to him four reams of the paper. Pratt has engaged a vessel to transport the Company to New York.
Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790.
Provisions Sold to Mr. Morrow
05/03/1788 Letterbook
Agreeable to Knox's request, Price has sold 228£ of stores to James Morrow. Encloses two accounts of the articles sold to him. Discusses the state of the powder and need for new casks. Encloses …
Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790.
Provisions and Supplies
06/18/1788 Letterbook
Discusses various provisions and supplies with the Secretary at War. Acknowledges that he has received his previous letter enclosing the invoice for 134 suits of clothes. Old carriages are being burnt …
Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790.
Petition of Major LeRoy
03/20/1788 Letterbook
Report on the Petition of Major Faunt LeRoy, who served under Colonel Stephen Moylan's Regiment of Light Dragoons during the war.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Petition of Cosimo Medici
03/10/1788 Letterbook
Report on the Petition of Cosimo Medici
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Pay Mr. Hull for Transporting Guns
11/05/1788 Letterbook
Mr Hull transported two three-pound guns in July and has not yet been paid. Price instructs William Knox to pay Hull, per the Secretary at War's orders.
Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790.
Officers of the 4th Regiment of Dragoons
02/25/1788 Letterbook
Writes that the officers of the 4th Regiment of Dragoons are daily making application at the office for a settlement of their accounts.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Offering condolences for loss
02/27/1788 Letterbook
Offers his condolences to John White, who recently lost a family member. Briefly mentions the account of Governor Smallwood of Maryland.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Memorial of Mary Cransbury
05/10/1788 Letterbook
Report on the Memorial of Mary Cransbury, widow of the late Francis Cransbury in the New York battalion
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Memorial of Hannah Pierce
03/27/1788 Letterbook
Report on the Memorial of the widow of Lieutenant Pierce, late in Captain Simon Spaulding's company, raised in the town of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Memorial of David Brearly
03/07/1788 Letterbook
Report on the Memorial of David Brearly, concluding that he is not entitled to the benefits of the depreciation as he requests.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Lieutenant Mitchel's balance
02/21/1788 Letterbook
Sends a copy of the receipt given to Mr. Weriat for Lieutenant Mitchels' balance
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Letter to the Secretary at War
02/14/1788 Letterbook
Letter, discusses list of officers appointed in Rhode Island; discuesses recruiting service.
Misc MSS
Letter to the Governor of Georgia
03/06/1788 Letterbook
Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts to Governor George Handley - addressed as "His Excellency the President of Georgia" - respecting General Putnam and other officers.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Letter to the Board of Treasury
01/29/1788 Letterbook
Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts to the Board of Treasury; mentions his journey from Virginia to New York; mentions Colonel Henley.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Letter to the Board of Treasury
01/12/1788 Letterbook
Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts to the Board of Treasury
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Letter from the Secretary at War
12/28/1788 Letterbook
Knox expresses alarm over an unidentified subject. Knox states that if business is protracted then "great injury" is liable to happen.
McClung Historical Collection